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Guardiola praise for Mendy and Sane

PREVIEW: Pep Guardiola shares his thoughts ahead of Spurs v City.

Pep Guardiola declared it has been a ‘joy’ to have Benjamin Mendy back in training.

The left-back returned to first-team action for the first time since September – introduced from the bench in the 5-0 triumph over Swansea – following his cruciate ligament knee injury.

With the Frenchman having suffered such a lengthy lay-off, the manager admitted this summer’s World Cup may arrive too soon but expressed his delight to have the defender back in contention for the final games of the Champions’ Premier League campaign.

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“Like we said with Raheem Sterling, for me the most exciting part as a manager is that he has a gap and space to become a better player – in every training session, better and better. He has huge potential.

“Leroy has a good target to emulate Ryan Giggs.”

With the league title wrapped up, Guardiola said his team are motivated by the desire to continue to break records.